As ’Janata’ goes for Curfew, small kirana and online groceries help India run
4 years, 9 months ago

As ’Janata’ goes for Curfew, small kirana and online groceries help India run

Live Mint  

NEW DELHI: Following the Prime Minister's call for a 14-hour curfew in the country on Sunday, online service providers such as food delivery apps, and grocery retailers continued to provide essential services, while several small neighborhood grocery and dairy stores also opened their shutters. The Confederation of All India Traders said 60,000 commercial markets that employ 40 crore employees remained shut on Sunday. "We continue to take precautionary measures to ensure the safety of our delivery executives and customers and maintain a sanitised supply chain, while providing people around the country access to the products that they need, be it grocery, medical supplies like masks and sanitisers or other essential products," the spokesperson added. McDonald’s restaurants in north and east India remained shut on Sunday, the fast food chain said.

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Swiggy lays off over 6% staff to tame costs
1 year, 11 months ago

Swiggy lays off over 6% staff to tame costs

Live Mint  

Food and grocery delivery aggregator Swiggy has laid off 380 employees or nearly 6% of its 6,000-strong staff, becoming the latest to join the flurry of layoffs in India’s startup ecosystem. The delivery platform’s co-founder and chief executive, Sriharsha Majety cited macroeconomic headwinds and a shrinking growth of food delivery businesses as the reason behind the layoffs. “While our cash …

Swiggy to lay off hundreds of employees. CEO says ‘two things happened in 2022’
1 year, 11 months ago

Swiggy to lay off hundreds of employees. CEO says ‘two things happened in 2022’

Live Mint  

Indian food delivery firm Swiggy on Friday said it will lay off 380 employees out of its 6,000 strong work force, citing challenging macroeconomic conditions and slowdown in growth of its food delivery business. Our overhiring is a case of poor judgement, and I should’ve done better here.” The CEO said in 2022, two things happened. While we’d already initiated …

Adityanath announces stricter lockdown in UP on weekends; markets, offices to remain shut on Saturdays and Sundays
4 years, 5 months ago

Adityanath announces stricter lockdown in UP on weekends; markets, offices to remain shut on Saturdays and Sundays

Firstpost  

The decision has come amid a spike in the number of coronavirus cases, which had crossed 35,000 on Saturday. Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh government has decided to impose a stricter lockdown across the state on weekends to stop the coronavirus spread, a senior official said on Sunday. Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath issues fresh #UNLOCK guidelines for the state; all markets …

Indians scramble for supplies as coronavirus lockdown imposed
4 years, 9 months ago

Indians scramble for supplies as coronavirus lockdown imposed

Al Jazeera  

India’s 1.3 billion people asked to stay home for 21 days as biggest single lockdown of coronavirus pandemic begins. “There are no clear instructions, police are telling us to close down the shop,” said Ram Agarwal, a grocer in New Delhi swamped by people looking to buy dry food supplies and milk. “Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in a news …

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